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I use Stereo Mode. I'm only recording one instrument and stereo mode (if I remember right. It's been a while ) only records using the two mics at the front. 4 channel records using the two front mics and the two rear mics. It's used more for recording more than one instrument with the unit placed in the center.

TTigg â€“ I look at it this way (and someone please correct me if Iâ€™m totally wrong about it): WAV vs. MP3 is like the digital camera equivalent of RAW vs. JPG. WAV files, like RAW files, are much larger and contain much more data, some of this data may be of little use. MP3 files, like JPG files, are compressed to make the file sizes smaller and some of this â€śmay be uselessâ€ť data is thrown away. You can always go from WAV to MP3 or RAW to JPG to take advantage of the file compression, but going the other way is pointless. Therefore I always shoot my digital pictures in RAW and make my digital recordings in WAV. Then when I want to send them out into cyberspace I make JPG or MP3 versions (always keeping my original uncompressed files). Of course this only makes sense if disk space is not a problem.

Now with that said, Iâ€™ve been considering switching to MP3 for recording because I find I rarely ever use the WAV files for anything other than making MP3 files (I get much more use out of my RAW digital image files).

TTigg â€“ I look at it this way (and someone please correct me if Iâ€™m totally wrong about it): WAV vs. MP3 is like the digital camera equivalent of RAW vs. JPG. WAV files, like RAW files, are much larger and contain much more data, some of this data may be of little use. MP3 files, like JPG files, are compressed to make the file sizes smaller and some of this â€śmay be uselessâ€ť data is thrown away. You can always go from WAV to MP3 or RAW to JPG to take advantage of the file compression, but going the other way is pointless. Therefore I always shoot my digital pictures in RAW and make my digital recordings in WAV. Then when I want to send them out into cyberspace I make JPG or MP3 versions (always keeping my original uncompressed files). Of course this only makes sense if disk space is not a problem.

Now with that said, Iâ€™ve been considering switching to MP3 for recording because I find I rarely ever use the WAV files for anything other than making MP3 files (I get much more use out of my RAW digital image files).

Undone

Makes sense -thanks.

I'm going to try to get 2 different recordings (MP3, WAV) of the same noodling whilst connected line in to check it out. - SC

TTigg â€“ I look at it this way (and someone please correct me if Iâ€™m totally wrong about it): WAV vs. MP3 is like the digital camera equivalent of RAW vs. JPG. WAV files, like RAW files, are much larger and contain much more data, some of this data may be of little use. MP3 files, like JPG files, are compressed to make the file sizes smaller and some of this â€śmay be uselessâ€ť data is thrown away. You can always go from WAV to MP3 or RAW to JPG to take advantage of the file compression, but going the other way is pointless. Therefore I always shoot my digital pictures in RAW and make my digital recordings in WAV. Then when I want to send them out into cyberspace I make JPG or MP3 versions (always keeping my original uncompressed files). Of course this only makes sense if disk space is not a problem.

Now with that said, Iâ€™ve been considering switching to MP3 for recording because I find I rarely ever use the WAV files for anything other than making MP3 files (I get much more use out of my RAW digital image files).

Undone

I'd highly recommend recording to Wave and then converting to Mp3 with a stand alone program that uses a decent Mp3 encoder (i've read up recently and the latest LAME codec seems to offer the best conversion at the moment). There are some poor ones out there and some world leaders. They are usually free.. Relying on any old Mp3 converter is not a good idea..